The Nation: A Texan Who Goes His Own Way

When Richard Nixon picked Leon Jaworski as special prosecutor, there
were those who darkly suspected that the fix was in. Jaworski, a
68-year-old Texas Democrat who had been close to Lyndon Johnson, had
quietly supported Nixon for re-election in 1972. As a highly successful
$200,000-a-year trial attorney, he was a pillar of the Houston
Establishment. There were unconfirmed reports that his appointment had
been cleared by John Connally to make sure that he had a proper
understanding of the President's predicament.

Quietly, efficiently, going his own way, Jaworski has turned out to be...